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Roy and Piet: The Perennial Whisperers

July 20, 2019July 21, 2019 Mike Nowak environment, gardening, Green Scene Chicago, Millennium Park, Peggy Malecki, Piet Oudolf, plant communities, Plant Sentry, Roy Diblik, Sudden Oak Death, The Lurie Garden, The Mike Nowak Show, Tom Buechel

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World-renowned perennial plant experts Roy Diblik and Piet Oudolf join Mike and Peggy to talk about plant communities and good design. On the heels of the discovery in the Midwest of P. ramorum, a pathogen that has the potential to kill oak trees, Tom Buechel returns to the show to explain how the Plant Sentry program can protect states from diseases, pests and invasive plants. Martie Sanders and the actors at Green Team Chicago are back with a report on this summer’s production, “…not for all the tea in China!” (Hint: it’s about the history of tea.)

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Plants, Animals and Their Communities

February 2, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak Advocates for urban Agriculture, Benjamin Vogt, Claudia West, climate change, environment, gardening, packaging reuse, plant communities, sustainability, TerraCycle, The Mike Nowak Show, Tom Szaky, urban livestock

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Claudia West and Benjamin Vogt will be at West Cook Wild Ones The Naturally Beautiful Garden Conference. Nick Lucas of Advocates for Urban Agriculture previews the 7th Annual Urban Livestock Expo. Tom Szaky from TerraCycle explains how the Loop program could exponentially increase packaging reuse.

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We Are the Champions

October 14, 2018February 2, 2019 Mike Nowak Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards, environment, gardening, mulching, Natural Awakenings Chicago, Phyto Studio, plant communities, Shedd Aquarium, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Thomas Rainer, University of Illinois Extension

Landscape architect Thomas Rainer offers some heretical advice on what makes plants happy. Peggy and Mike welcome some winning gardeners from the Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards ceremony.